US children data hack could impact millions of students: Report

Tens of millions of students appear to be impacted by what is described as the largest breach of American children’s personal information to date.

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Meta agrees to pay $25 million to settle lawsuit from Trump after suspending his accounts

Meta said Wednesday it would pay $25 million to settle a four-year-old lawsuit from President Donald Trump over the social media company’s decision to suspend Trump’s accounts after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. 

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‘Doomsday Clock' moves closer to midnight amid wide-ranging threats

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said Tuesday that they've moved their “Doomsday Clock” to 89 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been.

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Google says it plans to use Trump's new names for Denali, Gulf of Mexico

Google on Monday said its maps will use names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico favored by President Donald Trump — Mount McKinley and Gulf of America — when federal maps make the switch.

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What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company upending the stock market?

A frenzy over an artificial intelligence chatbot made by Chinese tech startup DeepSeek was upending stock markets Monday and fueling debates over the economic and geopolitical competition between the U.S. and China in developing AI technology. DeepSeek’s AI assistant became the No. 1 downloaded free app on Apple’s iPhone store Monday, propelled by curiosity about the ChatGPT competitor. Part of what’s worrying some U.S. tech industry observers is the idea that the Chinese startup has caught up with the American companies at the forefront of generative AI at a fraction of the cost. But hype and misconceptions about DeepSeek’s technological advancements also sowed confusion.

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After TikTok, the WiFi router in your home may be next Chinese tech ban target

TP-Link routers, among Amazon best sellers and according to some estimates up to 65% of the U.S. market, are on the radar of the U.S. government.

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Meta is offering deals to creators to promote Instagram on TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube Shorts

Meta is offering deals to creators to promote Instagram on other short-form video apps, including TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube, CNBC has learned.

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Trump is searching for potential TikTok buyers — who are the likely contenders?

After stepping in to restore TikTok in the U.S. and delaying a law that would effectively ban the app, Trump is looking for avenues to keep the popular platform afloat. 

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Is ChatGPT down? OpenAI resolves issue after brief outage

Users reported an outage for ChatGPT, but OpenAI confirmed that the AI chat app is back up and running this morning.

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Samsung launches S25 smartphone with boosted AI as Apple battle heats up

Samsung launched the S25 series which comes in three variants — the S25, S25+ and the S25 Ultra.

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Here's why you're suddenly following President Trump on Instagram

Many Instagram users have complained that Meta has automatically enrolled them into following accounts for President Donald Trump without their consent. 

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TikTok is back — and it's harming kids ‘at an industrial scale,' says psychologist

After briefly going dark in the U.S., TikTok is back online following an executive order. That's not good for young users, says NYU psychologist Jonathan Haidt.

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How Bluesky, Twitter's one-time side project, is challenging Elon Musk's X

Bluesky was created by a Twitter co-founder as a side project, but it's now seen an influx of new users following the U.S. election and inauguration.

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TikTok content creators feeling confusion over the app's fate

Bay Area content creators say they feel uneasy about how TikTok's uncertain future will impact their businesses.

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Trump tells Justice Department not to enforce TikTok ban for 75 days

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that gives TikTok a 75-day extension during which the United States will not enforce the law meant to force the app's owner to sell the company.

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Who made it into the Capitol Rotunda? Big Tech CEOs got second-row seating

Seated in the covered second row were many of the country's "Big Tech" CEOs, including Sundar Pichaj, Mark Zuckerberg and Shou Zi Chew.

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TikTok tells users it will be ‘temporarily unavailable' when ban starts Sunday

TikTok users are seeing an alert that the app that services around 170 million Americans will become "temporarily unavailable" when the government's ban goes into effect Jan. 19, signaling that the app could go dark before President-elect Donald Trump gets sworn in on Jan. 20.

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How VPNs might allow Americans to continue using TikTok

If TikTok does indeed go dark on Sunday for Americans, there may be a tool for them to continue accessing the popular social app: VPNs. 

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Is TikTok being banned? What to expect Sunday after Supreme Court's decision

The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday, but what exactly will that mean for app users as the deadline arrives?

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Supreme Court's decision on a looming TikTok ban could come Friday

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision could come Friday in the case about whether TikTok must shut down in a few days under a federal law that seeks to force its sale by the Chinese company that owns the social media platform.

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Nintendo reveals long-awaited Switch 2 console set to launch this year

Nintendo showed off its new Switch 2 console in a video trailer Thursday, featuring a bigger display and joy controllers.

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Biden administration looks for ways to keep TikTok available in the U.S.

Barring action by the Supreme Court, a ban on the popular app in the U.S. is set to begin Sunday.

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TikTok considering total shutdown in US Sunday if ban moves forward

TikTok is preparing to potentially make the app unavailable to its 170 million American users on Sunday, the same day a U.S. ban is set to go into effect, according to a person with knowledge of the company’s planning who spoke with NBC News.

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Americans get warm welcome to RedNote ahead of potential TikTok ban

Chinese users on RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu or Little Red Book, have welcomed American users who are looking for a TikTok replacement.

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TikTok ban likely to be upheld by Supreme Court, putting pressure on Trump

The Supreme Court on Friday heard oral arguments in the case involving the future of TikTok in the U.S., which could ban the app as soon as next week.

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Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg to attend Trump's inauguration

The three will be seated together on the inauguration platform with other prominent guests.

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China considers selling TikTok U.S. operations to Musk, Bloomberg reports

The Chinese government is considering a plan for Elon Musk to acquire TikTok's U.S. business, Bloomberg News reported on Monday.

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Why Meta had to ‘bend the knee to Trump' ahead of his inauguration

Meta's moderation policy to allow more "free expression" was viewed as the latest effort to appease President-elect Donald Trump, which could help AI efforts.

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Mark Zuckerberg says Biden officials would ‘scream' and ‘curse' when seeking removal of Facebook content

On an episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" released Friday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg painted a picture of Biden administration officials berating Facebook staff during requests to remove certain content from the social media platform.

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Supreme Court set to hear oral arguments on challenge to TikTok ban

The Supreme Court on Friday will hear oral arguments in the case involving the future of TikTok in the U.S., which could ban the app as soon as next week.

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Watch: Waymo driverless robotaxi sends airport passenger spinning in circles

Mike Johns was trying to get to an Arizona airport, but his robotaxi kept driving in loops in a Scottsdale parking lot. The company says the problem has been addressed.

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Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a ‘community notes' system similar to X

Meta will end its fact-checking program with trusted partners and replace it with a community-driven system similar to X’s Community Notes.

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Nvidia releases gaming chips for PCs, tapping AI features from data center GPUs

At CES in Las Vegas, Nvidia showed that it's still focused on serving gamers even as the company's primary business is now in the data center.

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These simple changes can help you save $100 a year on streaming subscriptions

It's common to have several different streaming services just to watch TV. And you don't have to unsubscribe to save some cash on those costs.

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How AI regulation could shake out in 2025

This year will be a year of change for the U.S. political landscape — and that comes with big implications for the direction of travel for global AI regulation.

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TikTok creators left in limbo while awaiting decision on potential platform ban

The fate of TikTok is keeping creators and small business owners in anxious limbo as they await a decision from the Supreme Court that could upheld their livelihoods. On Jan. 10, the court will hear arguments on a law requiring TikTok to break ties with its Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance, or face a U.S. ban. For creators, the TikTok doomsday scenarios are nothing new since President-elect Donald Trump first tried to ban the platform through executive order during his first term. But despite Trump’s recent statements indicating he now wants TikTok to stick around, the prospect of a ban has never been as big as it is now with the Supreme Court serving as the final arbiter.

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Is your car spying on you? What it means that Tesla shared data in the Las Vegas explosion

Many of the latest cars not only know where you’ve been and where you are going, but also often have access to your contacts, your call logs, your texts and other sensitive information thanks to cell phone syncing.

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Apple to settle lawsuit accusing Siri of recording conversations without permission

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices.

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